Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player’s results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website. Below we look at the 2018 Player of the Year and overall GPI rankings as of December 5.

A month ago we were reporting how Alex Foxen had moved up into the lead in the 2018 Global Poker Index Player of the Year race, and with just December left to go he continues to hold onto the No. 1 spot where he has now been for the last eight weeks.

Foxen grabbed the lead from Stephen Chidwick who has led the POY race on three different occasions this year for a total of 22 weeks. Chidwick has slipped to No. 4 now, as both David Peters (No. 2) and Justin Bonomo (No. 3) edged ahead of him over the last month.